The Canadian Food Innovation Network, a national organization aimed at transforming the Canadian food sector, announced this week the appointment of Curtis Wong as its new Vice President of Partnerships and Development. Wong, based in Vancouver, is no stranger to the food and beverage industry, boasting a career spanning more than 25 years. He first […]
Dapper Labs Trims Team Yet Again as NFT Market Remains Tepid
Former tech darling Dapper Labs is continuing a downward trajectory. The Vancouver-born startup spun out of startup studio Axoim Zen in 2017 and shot toward fame through 2021 via non-fungible tokens and its Flow blockchain. However, Dapper has been experiencing a reversal of fortune over the past year. It began last November when the crypto […]
WonderFi Completes Acquisition of Crypto Rivals Coinsquare, CoinSmart
Following ample speculation, Vancouver’s WonderFi formally announced an intention to acquire rivals Coinsquare and CoinSmart in April. Coinsquare had previously announced plans to acquire CoinSmart for $29 million in cash and shares in 2022, but backed out in January prompting CoinSmart to commence legal proceedings. From the sidelines, WonderFi spotted an opportunity to bring three […]
Government and University Push for Creative Tech Skills in BC
Following the highest tech jobs growth in North America, the Vancouver region saw a lot of layoffs in tech last year. Combined with a Pandemic-fuelled shift to hybrid work, the city is still in a state of flux. Moving forward, though, we know that demand for tech skills remains, especially around coveted roles. There is momentum to be maintained. The province […]
BCIT Students Propose AI Solution to Help Clean Up YVR
Modern airports are known for their extensive camera surveillance, rivalling gambling casinos in their quest for complete security coverage. In the digital era, cameras and surveillance are both increasing, including at airports—Air Canada this year deployed facial recognition at YVR, for example. “Many of our customers already utilize digital credentials to simplify their daily activities,” […]
Canadian Coast Guard to Manage Water Vessels in BC Using Victoria Tech
A Victoria technology upstart is making waves as it arms the Canadian Coast Guard with innovative technology designed to track and monitor the issue of abandoned boats across British Columbia waters. Barnacle Systems has developed a solution, “Rapid Deploy” devices, to combat this rising environmental and navigational hazard. These devices, positioned on identified vessels, grant […]
Momentum Continues as infinitii Uses AI to Advance Water Management in Canada
Last year, Techcouver reported on the niche “water tech” market in British Columbia. Invest Vancouver believes water tech “provides an untapped economic opportunity for the Metro Vancouver region,” serving a multi-billion dollar global market. The organization’s 2022 report, “Water Tech: The Metro Vancouver Region’s Untapped Clean Tech Opportunity,” provided BC with an overview of the region’s […]
Startup Places Periodization on Pedestal So You Can Finally Get Fit
Have you ever trained in the gym consistently hard for months on end, only to stall out and stop making progress or suffer an injury? Performing the same exercise routine week-in and week-out indefinitely is not an ideal way to make progress in training and worse can expose you to injury. Maximizing progress while minimizing […]
LlamaZOO at Forefront of Digital Twin Tech with Launch of Apple Vision Pro Software
Digital twinning is an increasingly popular technology being applied to improve airports, transit lines, and much more. For example, in 2021 YVR launched an Innovation Hub that spurred a strategic collaboration with Unity, platform for creating interactive, real-time 3D content, to produce a twin to capture and present data which “has never been available before.” […]
Tackling Insurance Industry, Quandri Raises More Funding to Bolster AI Bots
Jackson Fregeau, who studied Finance at the University of Calgary, launched Quandri alongside his brother Jamieson, an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Victoria, at the start of 2021. The company was founded on the concept of deploying digital workers to run companies’ high-volume, repetitive tasks. Software bots, tailored to customers’ unique processes, can operate error-free […]